traveling brass rail butts

[Frank Emerson]

Yicks!  Don't think I would even think about bending those old brass tabs. 
If it doesn't break, it could stress that old brass enough that it will
break at a later date to haunt you.

Happy Thanksgiving!
I'm thinking, probably the closest I will get to a drumstick, here in
China, might be black-skinned chicken claw soup with seaweed. 

Frank Emerson
pianoguru at earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: David Nereson <dnereson at 4dv.net>
> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: 11/22/2006 3:15:25 AM
> Subject: RE: traveling brass rail butts
>
> I've wondered the same thing.  Bending the shank doesn't de-travel the
> wandering shank/butt assembly, although it does admittedly allow you to
> make the hammer hit the strings instead of missing them, although with a
> glancing blow.
> 	I tried gluing a little shim of tin foil (woops, dating myself; make that
> aluminum foil)between the center pin and the brass tab on the appropriate
> end of the center pin, and it actually worked, but was quite a hassle.
> 	You can take a parallel pliers from above, with the butt removed, and
> carefully twist the tab in the direction it needs to go.  Only a tiny
> bit! -- a few thousandths -- there's a risk you may break it off.  But
> I've had success doing this.  It's guess work on how far to twist it.
> 	I've saved brass rails off old actions I've junked, and if a tab breaks
> off, you can sometimes cut out that section, and cut a section from
> another brass rail to use as a replacement.  A big hassle, but
> whattayagonna do?
> 	--David Nereson, RPT
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]On
> Behalf Of terryb
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 4:53 PM
> To: Pianotech List
> Subject: Re: traveling brass rail butts
>
>
> Ed
>
> I don't believe you can travel brass butts. You have to use your electric
> shank bending piers to travel and align the hammers to the strings.
>
> Terry Beckingham
>
> At 05:24 PM 11/21/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >Is there any technique for travelling brass rail butts?
> >
> >I know how to travel butts with a flange, but I can't conceive of how to
> >do it when the center pin is sandwiched between two brass plates.
> >
> >Thanks for your help, again.
> >Ed
> >
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